What will happen at the Republican Convention?

[jaydeehess]

Trump will state that he is done with the division in the RNC about his nomination and will stand up and refuse it.

Hey, I know its a real outside chance of coming true but with this election anything can happen.

 

[dudalb]

About the only thing predicted that had not happened was turmoil in the streets. The protest have been pretty peaceful,and the Cleveland police seem to have kept things under control.

 

[Tony Stark]

About the only thing predicted that had not happened was turmoil in the streets. The protest have been pretty peaceful,and the Cleveland police seem to have kept things under control.

Yeah, I thought people were going to get hurt. Glad I was wrong.

 

[NoahFence]

Ain't over yet guys.

 

[Trebuchet]

Cruz thinks he's God's gift to America. Trump thinks he IS God.

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[dudalb]

Yeah, I thought people were going to get hurt. Glad I was wrong.

I wonder if the protest organizers realized that the most damaging thing they could do to Trump was not take any attention away from the fiasco unfolding in the Quickenloans Pavilion.

 

[Ladewig]

I highly recommend it.
https://youtu.be/Az1JyDJ_iKU

Good stuff.

File under obvious-to-everyone-but-Trump-supporters: "Smart people have a desire to not seem incoherent."

 

[dudalb]

BY Brothers is in sales (and is quite successful at it) and is trying to figure out why Trump has such a reputation as a great salesman,since, in his campaign ,Trump is violating one of the basic rules of being a good salesman:Never do anything that will alienate a potential customer.

 

[Molinaro]

What do you think Trump's speech will be like?

I'm going to say he will mostly read from the teleprompters a speech which is very long on make America great platitudes and short (non-existent) on specifics. I don't think he will go to the extremes to vilify HRC. I don't expect the over the top hyperbole or bombastic rhetoric we've seen to this point.

If he does that, I predict the media will go nuts. He will be portrayed as "presidential" and in one speech will (in some minds) erase a years worth of insanity.

I also suspect within a couple of weeks he'll be back to his old self.

A couple weeks? I expect a tweet somewhere within 4 hours of the speech that is just as idiotic as any other he has put out.

 

[Stacko]

WaPo got their hands on Donald's acceptance speech. The theme is fear.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-remarks-accepting-the-republican-nomination/

 

[Trebuchet]

Haven't read that yet, but how could it be otherwise. They are the party of fear.

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[dudalb]

What gets to me is how egotistical that speech is with it themes of Trump as the Messiah.
And notice the racial slurs.
I don't see it as being the Game Changer that Trump needs. It's just more of the same,and really makes little effort to sell him to people outside his base. His appeal to the Bernie supporters is laughable.

 

[Stacko]

What gets to me is how egotistical that speech is with it themes of Trump as the Messiah.
And notice the racial slurs.I don't see it as being the Game Changer that Trump needs.

It was written by a former aide to Jeff Sessions.

 

[Travis]

Yeah, I thought people were going to get hurt. Glad I was wrong.

Well other than the flag burning guy and Alex Jones no one has been hurt. I think Cleveland has done a pretty bang up job keeping things orderly on the outside.

Inside we got constant mock witch trials and fear, fear, fear, FEAR, FEAR!

 

[Tony Stark]

So Donald is going to "build the roads, highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, and the railways of tomorrow" and "completely rebuild our depleted military" all while giving huge tax cuts.

Yeah, sure. Who is stupid enough to believe that garbage? That's right, Republicans.

 

[Tony Stark]

Does the fact that the media has already published his speech make it more likely that Donald goes off the prompter and rambles on incoherently? I hope so.

 

[dudalb]

And his use of the Term "America First" is going to get ripped apart. I can't believe that Trump has not been told about the Historical connatations of the term.

 

[dudalb]

Does the fact that the media has already published his speech make it more likely that Donald goes off the prompter and rambles on incoherently? I hope so.

And we have no idea as to how old this draft is. No secret that speeches of this kind are rewritten up to the last minute.
I can't believe that Donald will not make some attempt to walk back his NATO comments, which even a lot of Republicans are blasting him for.

 

[NoahFence]

And his use of the Term "America First" is going to get ripped apart. I can't believe that Trump has not been told about the Historical connatations of the term.

His supporters won't care.

 

[dudalb]

Well other than the flag burning guy and Alex Jones no one has been hurt. I think Cleveland has done a pretty bang up job keeping things orderly on the outside.

Inside we got constant mock witch trials and fear, fear, fear, FEAR, FEAR!

I think the demonstration leaders also realzed that when your enemy is destroying himself, you don't want to take attention away from him.